A public proof-of-concept (PoC) repository has revealed a local privilege escalation zero-day vulnerability in GenDigital’s Avast Antivirus. This vulnerability allows an attacker to dump the Windows Security Account Manager (SAM) database and launch a shell running as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The researcher behind the repository, known as MSNightmare, claims that the issue affects fully patched installations […]
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